Robert I Harwood

Military

Flew co-pilot on Clifford Leach crew https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/person/clifford-t-leach for first tour in Tuxedo Tomie https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-97497

Re-upped for a second tour with the 447th/711th as a Pilot, of TNT Katie, https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-102441

Prisoner of War (POW),  MIA, Crashed near Merseburg on 10/7/44 in B-17 'TNT Katie' #42-102441 https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-102441
 

Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 9764

Survived the war, and had 2 daughters and a son, Doug Harwood of Colorado. 

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Units served with

The insignia of the 447th Bomb Group.

447th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

Charles Hancock

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant

Wayne A Jones

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group
  • Service Numbers: 34385726
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
  • Role/Job: Gunner

Clifford T Leach

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Erwin E Swain

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 711th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret

Fred G Thompson

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group

Aircraft

42-102441

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tnt katie
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron

42-97497

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Tuxedo Tomie
  • Unit: 447th Bomb Group 711th Bomb Squadron

Events

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Born

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

7 October 1944 Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia Bavaria (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11

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another minor edit

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Flew as co-pilot of Tuxedo Tomie, 42-97497 https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-97497 For his first tour, and did a second tour that did not go as well. 

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TNT katie page, referred to as [sic] "Bob Harwood" in an MIA report for the airframe. 

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Sources are https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-102441 and information from my father in law, Robert's son and grandson, tharwood.

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listed on https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-97497 as top turret gunner for tuxedo tommy for the leach crew, where robert was co-pilot

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An image on Clifford Leach's page, image https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/8939, aka UPL-7052, references [sic] "Robert Hailwood" as co-pilot. In the image Robert's last name, Harwood,  was misspelled. Further, the crew of Tuxedo Tomie  https://www.americanairmuseum.com/archive/aircraft/42-97497 identifies Robert I. Harwood as the co-pilot.

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Direct living relative.

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Added S/N and POW camp information from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 9764 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Unit History Roster as of 01 August 1945 MACR 9764